She looks the part: beautiful full lips, slender silhouette, waist-long shiny hair. She easily fits the definition of a beauty queen or a designer label model. Maybe that’s why people are always caught by surprise when they find out what she does for a living.

Electric cars seem to be the latest trend in the auto industry these days. If a few years ago cars like Prius were considered a flick of meticulous environmentalists, today most leading auto makers strive to release their own electric models.